Even though it was Labor Day weekend, it still managed to be a pretty great week. Don't get me wrong, I love a three-day weekend, but man, it is hell when every marketing person uses Labor Day as the marker for being in the "home-stretch" for "backend marketing" for their shows, whether they're a week away or three months away. It's a nightmare. But it was a great week anyway, because I got to see the beginning of the labor of Subira, the Okapi, at the San Diego Zoo on Tuesday. I was allowed to linger long enough to see the hoof poking out, but eventually had to leave since the zoo closes at 6 again, and she gave birth about 2 hours after I left.
I'm also pretty excited because we are planning a trip! It's not great, because it's for a memorial for Darren's trans niece, Evelyn, who died by suicide this summer, but I felt like it was kind of important to make something beautiful out of it. We haven't been to the Bay Area since 2017 and so much has changed since then. So since Toby will just be starting at UCSD and Darren is limited in his days off, I'm gonna do a solo roadtrip up the California coast and then they'll fly up and we'll all meet up for the weekend, and then I'll solo roadtrip back home after. It will be my birthday week, so it feels like a fun way to celebrate the last year in my 40s.
It was also a fun week because I got to see Jesse LaMonaca play at the Casbah on Wednesday, I played on Darren's softball team on Thursday, and today I got a few afternoon hours in at the zoo with the gorilla brothers and the okapi before coming to Music Box to work at the Veggi show. It's been slow, but I got to listen to most of my murder trial until I got an email spoiler on the verdict, I got to see a few friends, and I brought adequate snackies to get me through the late night. I might be working again for Kevin Morby tomorrow, but that seems to still be TBD.
I hope everyone has had a good week, and if anyone wants to join me on Monday at City Council, they'll be hearing the lease amendment proposal for the San Diego Zoo...details below.
Stay safe out there. COVID is spiking. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
- SAN DIEGO LOCALS:
- A Walk & Talk With The Port About The Seaport Village Revitalization Plan. The detail-intensive, multi-billion-dollar project was the subject of a unique mobile Q&A with San Diego Port officials - San Diego Sun (8.22.25)
- Can San Diego End its Dependence on Cars? Unless you have no other choice or pay ‘walkable neighborhood’ rent prices, going out of your way to reject car culture feels borderline masochistic.
- SAN DIEGO REGIONAL POLITICS:
- Longer parking meter hours begin in Pacific Beach, Mid-City, more – Sunday enforcement too - Times of San Diego (8.21.25)
- New City of San Diego Special Event Parking Zone in Downtown Begins Sept. 1. Parking Rates Will Increase Within Half A Mile of Petco Park During Games and Special Events. - City Of San Diego Press Release (8.4.24)
- $10 an hour starting two hours before a baseball game
- The $10 rate will continue for four hours from the start time of the event
- Monday, September 1, 2025 — 3:40 PM vs Baltimore Orioles
- Tuesday, September 2, 2025 — 6:40 PM vs Baltimore Orioles
- Wednesday, September 3, 2025 — 1:10 PM vs Baltimore Orioles
- Friday, September 5, 2025 --Savannah Bananas Exhibition Baseball Team
- Saturday, September 6, 2025 --Savannah Bananas Exhibition Baseball Team
- Monday, September 8, 2025 — 6:40 PM vs Cincinnati Reds
- Tuesday, September 9, 2025 — 6:40 PM vs Cincinnati Reds
- Wednesday, September 10, 2025 — 5:40 PM vs Cincinnati Reds
- Thursday, September 11, 2025 — 6:40 PM vs Colorado Rockies
- Friday, September 12, 2025 — 6:40 PM vs Colorado Rockies
- Saturday, September 13, 2025 — 5:40 PM vs Colorado Rockies
- Sunday, September 14, 2025 — 1:10 PM vs Colorado Rockies
- September 17, 2025 — Concert at Petco Park
- Monday, September 22, 2025 — 6:40 PM vs Milwaukee Brewers
- Tuesday, September 23, 2025 — 6:40 PM vs Milwaukee Brewers
- Wednesday, September 24, 2025 — 1:10 PM vs Milwaukee Brewers
- Friday, September 26, 2025 — 6:40 PM vs Arizona Diamondbacks
- Saturday, September 27, 2025 — 5:40 PM vs Arizona Diamondbacks
- Sunday, September 28, 2025 — 12:10 PM vs Arizona Diamondbacks
- ZOO GOSS:
- How the San Diego Zoo & Safari Park Create World-Class Exhibits. Designing an animal habitat is a complex, collaborative process blending architecture, horticulture, and animal behavior - San Diego Magazine (8.21.25)
- San Diego Zoo mural honors 3 beloved animals lost in 1 week - kpbs (8.25.25)
- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has addressed the issue of Paid Parking, kinda.
- We’re actively collaborating with City officials to best understand these changes and how they will affect parking at the Zoo, including timelines, potential exemptions, and other details.
As part of these discussions, should we need to implement paid parking as part of this change in Balboa Park, we are preemptively exploring a lease amendment with City Council that would allow us different options when offering parking at the Zoo for you, our San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance members. Read more here. - SEA WORLD GOSS:
- Now that Labor Day has passed, hours get a little wonky. Especially because even though, for example, hours for weekends appear later, the park actually closes early to general crowds, and a separate ticket is required for Howl-O-Scream. Still, I think "Park Hours" represents the true park hours for general admission, but they definitely start ushering people out of the entire East side of the park, which includes the Penguin Encounter, Wild Artic, Jewels of the Sea, and all the rides on that side before the park closes to open Howl-O-Scream. NGL, I hate it. But I'll figure it out. It's really the least of my headaches these days.
- Zoo Hours continue 9am-6pm until October 2nd. When HalGLOWeen starts, the zoo will remain open until 9pm on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays for the month of October. At least that's what their calendary says now. Fingers crossed.
- CALIFORNIA NEWS:
- California lawmakers kill plans to curb AI-manipulated prices - CalMatters/Times of San Diego (8.31.25)
- States band together to issue public health guidance after ‘destruction’ of the CDC - CNN (9.3.25)
- University of California is the best public university in the country, Forbes finds - UC Newsroom (9.4.25)
- US Public Universities:
- UC Berkeley
- UCLA
- UC San Diego
- OTHER READING:
- Scientists Find a New Moon Orbiting Uranus. The provisionally named S/2025 U1 is so small it had gone unnoticed by probes and telescopes for the past 40 years. - Wired (8.22.25)
- US GOVERNMENT DESTRUCTION:
- ICE/CBP/DHS:
- ICE Is Deporting Thousands With Minor Offenses — From Traffic Violations to Weed Possession. Many people with little or no criminal record have been swept into the administration’s immigration dragnet since January, an analysis of deportation data shows. - The Marshall Project (8.15.25)
- Judge blocks government from sending children to Guatemala – for now - Times of San Diego (8.31.25)
- U.S. Court of Appeals Strikes Down Trump's Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Immigrants! - Notes From The Front with Anne P Mitchell, Esq Substack (9.3.25)
- COVID-19/AVIAN FLU/HEALTH/WELLNESS:
- COVID-19:
- COVID cases spike in San Diego County, complicating public events. The residential treatment center Stepping Stone of San Diego postponed a ceremony after multiple people tested positive for COVID-19. - NBC San Diego (9.5.25)
- MEASLES:
- Measles is making a comeback and California isn’t immune - Times of San Diego/Capital & Main (8.23.25)
- CDC NONSENSE:
- CDC cuts back foodborne illness surveillance program - CIDRAP (8.28.25)
- 2 people dead after getting flesh-eating bacteria from eating raw oysters, Louisiana officials say - CBS News (8.29.25)
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